At A$39.735 per share, Computershare (ASX: CPU) appears reasonably valued based on its current operating performance and FY26 earnings guidance, although the price does not appear particularly cheap. Computershare has affirmed FY26 management EPS guidance of approximately US$1.44 per share, representing growth of around 6%. Using the company’s FY25 average USD-to-AUD conversion rate, this equates to approximately A$2.22 per share and a P/E ratio of around 17.9 times at the assessed price.
For the first half of FY26, management revenue increased by 3.9% to approximately US$1.6 billion, while management EPS increased by 3.9% to 67.9 US cents per share. EBITDA remained broadly unchanged at approximately US$599 million, but EBIT excluding margin income increased by 12% to approximately US$191 million, indicating that the underlying registry, corporate trust and employee share-plan businesses continued to grow despite lower interest rates.
Margin income declined by 5.4% during the half, although Computershare subsequently increased its FY26 margin-income guidance to approximately US$740 million due to higher-than-expected client balances. Debt remained relatively low at approximately 0.3 times EBITDA, while the latest 55 cent interim dividend and preceding 48 cent final dividend represent a trailing cash yield of approximately 2.6% at the assessed price.
Importantly, this assessment is based primarily on Computershare’s existing operations, current client balances and FY26 earnings guidance. It does not assign significant value to stronger future corporate activity, new technology opportunities, acquisitions or further growth in client balances. These may provide additional upside over time, but remain subject to changes in interest rates, financial-market activity, foreign exchange rates, regulation, technology spending and operational risk.
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